Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have become the latest way for "bad actors" to spread malware, scams and spam, warns research from the Meta security team.
In a May 1 research note, the security team at Facebook parent company Meta found 10 malware families masquerading as ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools in March, some of which were found in various browser extensions and pointed out:
"Since March alone, our security analysts have discovered about 10 malware families impersonating ChatGPT and similar tools to compromise accounts on the Internet." Meta explained that these “bad actors” malware operators, scammers, spammers, etc. have turned to AI because it's the “latest wave” that's capturing “people's imagination and excitement.” s things. This research comes in the context of strong interest in artificial intelligence, especially ChatGPT has attracted widespread attention to artificial intelligence.
"For example, we've seen threat actors create malicious browser extensions on official web stores that claim to offer ChatGPT-related tools," it added. Meta security said some of these "malicious extensions" included ChatGPT-enabled operations that coexist ed with the malware. The company's security team then explained that bad actors tend to move on to the latest craze, referencing the hype surrounding digital currencies and the resulting scams: “This is not unique to the field of generative artificial intelligence. As an industry, we have seen this in other topics that were popular at the time, such as interest in digital currencies fueling crypto scams.” “The field of generative AI is evolving rapidly, and the bad guys know it,” they added, emphasizing the need for vigilance.
Meta's chief security officer, Guy Rosen, went a step further in a recent interview with Reuters, stating that “ChatGPT is the new cryptocurrency for these bad actors.” However, it should be noted that Meta is now doing its own development on generative AI . Meta AI is currently building various forms of artificial intelligence to help improve its augmented and artificial reality technologies. According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, artificial intelligence is now the largest single investment in Metaverse, despite the large number of investments in the Metaverse.
